MOSCOW, 24 APR – RIA Novosti. Developed in the USA “smart” scopes will significantly increase the effectiveness of small arms, these devices are necessary to create in Russia, as even the combat capabilities released in the last century, the SVD with this scope will increase significantly, said a well-known expert in the field of small arms Maxim Popenker.
Earlier it was reported that US Ground forces have placed an order for the development of “smart” sights for automatic rifles of a caliber of 6.8 mm of the next generation. According to the materials procurement, the American company L3Harris Technologies, and Vortex Optics has received 8.8 million dollars each to develop promising sights that automatically adjust the aiming in accordance with a given distance to the target and type of ordnance.
“Modern possibilities of small arms almost rested on the ceiling determined by the laws of physics. Continue to increase the effectiveness of the weapon can be either doing something with the cartridge, or improving sights. If we talk about ammo, higher caliber and power entails increasing the mass and, as a consequence, the decrease of wearable ammunition. Therefore, in addition to attempts to create new weapons and circumvent the laws of physics, the United States began the development of new sighting devices,” said Popenker.
He noted that in recent military conflicts, the expenditure of ammunition was “quite monstrous, but the target gets a very low percentage of bullets.
“you can cite as an example the war in Vietnam, where on average, one enemy killed about 10 thousand rounds spent in the current local conflicts figure is approximately close. Accordingly, all boils down to is that, no matter how resourceful weapon in the hands of man, not able to handle it, it turns into a club,” – said the expert.
According to him, the telescopic sight with variable magnification is needed primarily in order to see a target at long and medium distances.
“But see little need to get. A bullet is the force of gravity, wind and so on. To effectively damage the target must make allowances for the range you want to define. Distance of 300-400 meters on the eyes, and even briefly appearing target to determine extremely difficult,” – said the Agency interlocutor.
Popenker stressed that the new development that ordered the US military will allow a laser rangefinder to determine the distance to the target, and sewn in the sight of the computer, knowing the type of cartridge and its ballistic properties, will make the appropriate corrections for temperature, distance, and so on.
“That is, as soon as the enemy appears in sight, the shooter makes his point of sight and without considering the amendments, shoots. In the long term to determine range and calculate ballistic trajectory can be added to the amendment to the wind, but it’s extremely difficult,” – said the expert.
Speaking about the need to develop such systems in Russia, it is suggested that this is the case when with little risk you can get a substantial increase in the combat capabilities of weapons.
